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DETROIT – So for the month, at least, the "Big Three" have finally dipped below 50 percent of the U.S. market in sales. General Motors, Ford Motor, and Chrysler Group racked up just 48.1 percent of the industry’s dismal sales, Automotive News calculates. Ford‘s grizzled veteran of sales, George Pipas, was sanguine, noting that he joined the Blue Oval when American automakers held 90 percent of the market. He takes the "2000 was just another year on the calendar" approach, that sinking under 50 percent is no more significant than dropping below 52 or 51 percent. By now, what I’ve been saying for a while has sunk in with the Big Three: that we’re headed toward the European market model, in which two or three big automakers each has about 18-percent share. Expect GM and Toyota to settle there (GM is in the low 20s). Pipas says Ford will end this year with 14 to 15 percent. If and when it sells Jaguar/Land Rover and Volvo, it’ll be happy with 13 to 14 … [Read more...] about Less than 50: Big Threes US share dips below symbolic mark

If you’re reading this, chances are you drew cars when you were a kid. Quick doodles in the margins of your notebooks. Painstakingly colored portraits for your art class. It’s a car-guy thing: Long before you could drive, you knew what you wanted to drive. You could hear the engine, feel the acceleration, smell the hot oil and metal of your dream car as you sketched, and it didn’t matter if it looked like the random daubs of an arthritic baboon; to you it was the fastest, coolest, best car in the world. Jaguar design director Ian Callum used to draw cars when he was a kid. Like the rest of us, he knew exactly what he wanted. Unlike most of us, though, he had some talent with a pencil, talent he of course ultimately parlayed into a full-time job as a car designer. And he’s now one of the very few people in the world to have turned their teenage dream car into the real thing. The Jaguar Mark 2 by Callum is a hand-built reimagination of one of the world’s … [Read more...] about Jaguar Mark 2 by Callum Review

Christmas may be a time of rest for many, but not Toyota. The automaker, set to regain the top spot in 2012, took the festive occasion to introduce its all-new Crown luxury sedan for the Japanese domestic market. The Crown name has been around since 1955, and moves into 2013 in its 14th-generation form. The S210 replaces the S200, which had a four-year run, and is available in both Crown Royal and Crown Athlete versions. The former is aimed at corporate users, while the Athlete targets individuals looking for some flair. Ah yes, flair. The new Crown has been given an updated design – replete with larger front grille – and lower prices, things the company is hoping to attract younger buyers with; the current Crown user base has an average age hovering around the late-50s mark, and Toyota is hoping that the new car will appeal to those in their 40s. Both the Royal and Athlete variants are available in rear-wheel 2WD and i-Four 4WD form, and the hybrid versions now incorporate … [Read more...] about Toyota Crown – 14th-gen S210 makes its debut

Toyota says sales of its hybrid model rose by 30.6% in the first six months of 2017, with four in ten customers now going for an electrified model. The brand sold 22,616 hybrids between January and June. The biggest growth in demand came from fleet buyers, where hybrid sales shot up by 43.2%. Toyota’s most popular hybrid model in Britain, the Prius, is also the world’s best-selling electrified car. Toyota offers hybrid versions of its Yaris, Auris and Rav4, as well as the C-HR. “We’re seeing growth in sales at huge levels and that’s because customers recognise the benefits of hybrid in fuel efficiency, in environmental impact and in the smooth, quiet drive hybrid gives,” said Mark Roden, Toyota GB’s sales director. Toyota's sales increase back the results of Autocar's recent survey, which indicated sales of battery-powered videos were set to rise due to concerns over the impact of diesel engines. Toyota’s hybrid growth is mirrored … [Read more...] about Electrified Toyota sales surge by 30% in first half of 2017

Toyota India has closed the booking of the Fortuner for the next seven months. The Toyota Fortuner has been a massive hit and has surpassed Toyota’s expectations with 5000 orders in less than two weeks. The demand for the Fortuner has created backlog of customers willing to buy it. Currently dealers are just registering the names of interested clients whereas Toyota is revving up production to meet the growing demand. Toyota India has asked the dealers not to take further orders from customers for the next seven months. Toyota has a capacity to assemble 550 Fortuners per month and are working to touch the 600 mark shortly. Toyota launched the Fortuner globally in 2005 and since then it has sold 2.5 lakh units in more than 60 nations. … [Read more...] about Toyota Closes Fortuner Booking For 7 Months

► Toyota hybrid sales up► 2 in every 5 are electrified► 22k sold in first half of 2017 If you’ve bought a Toyota hybrid in recent years, you’re not alone. Toyota’s latest sales figures show that 40.2% of buyers pick one of the brand’s electrified cars – something that it claims is ‘the widest of any manufacturer.’The brand sold 22,616 hybrids in the first half of 2017, which is up more than 30% according to Toyota’s numbers. It’s not hard to see where that sales boost has come from; Toyota offers an electrified version of its Yaris, Auris, C-HR and RAV4 alongside its dedicated hybrid, the Prius.The brand says its surge is particularly thanks to the new C-HR’s success in the UK and Europe, where around 80% of buyers opt for the petrol-electric model. An increase in RAV4 Hybrid model sales has helped, too.Mark Roden, Toyota’s UK sales boss, said that hybrid power is ‘no longer a secret or a … [Read more...] about Four out of ten Toyota cars in the UK are now hybrids

If current marketplace trends hold, the Toyota Prius will not be America’s best-selling hybrid by next year.The steep rate of decline experienced by the Prius in 2017 is no surprise. For one thing, it’s a continuation of the decline we saw earlier in the fourth-gen Prius’ tenure. For another, there are new Prius competitors, such as the Hyundai Ioniq and Toyota’s highly efficient 2018 Camry Hybrid. But the Prius’s rapid slide — sales are down by a third so far this year — is also what Toyota predicted at the turn of the calendar.Yet even if the rate of Prius decline suddenly and unexpectedly slows, it’s difficult to imagine a scenario in which the Toyota Prius, long the dominant hybrid in America, holds onto its crown as the top seller for long.The victor in 2018 will, however, almost certainly be a Toyota.The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid continues to make predictable gains in the U.S. marketplace even as the Toyota Prius’s … [Read more...] about If Current Trends Hold, the Toyota Prius Will Not Be America’s Best-selling Hybrid in 2018

The streak began in 2002 and remains unbroken. Yes, 2002, which began with the Patriots winning the Super Bowl and ended after George W. Bush’s GOP was strengthened during the first mid-term elections of his presidency.The Toyota Camry was America’s best-selling car. And the Camry has topped the best-selling cars leaderboard every year since.In 2015, the Camry’s lead over the second-ranked car grew to 66,000 units from 40,000 in 2014. As U.S. passenger car volume declined in a record-setting year for the auto industry, the Toyota Camry’s sales did not. As midsize car sales slid 2 percent, U.S. Camry volume increased to the highest level seen of America’s most popular car in seven years.Threats to the Camry’s supremacy in 2016? They stand shoulder to shoulder with the Camry inside Toyota’s own showrooms. COROLLALow fuel prices don’t help compacts if prospective buyers are also considering a slight payment increase to buy or lease an … [Read more...] about 2002-2015: For 14 Years The Toyota Camry Has Reigned As America’s Best-Selling Car

The CEO of Honda is pulling the car over and giving a stern lecture to the kids in the backseat.That, a Scion gets a corporate makeover, Google goes in for autonomous feng shui, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is drowning in modules and a famous British racetrack could get even Britisher … after the break! Honda wages war on “design by committee”Having too many cooks is spoiling the product soup, warns Honda Motor Company CEO Takahiro Hachigo in Reuters.To speed up the development of new vehicles, Hachigo is separating Honda’s design team from its marketing team and telling both to stay in their respective corners.The new direction aims to have employees focus solely on what they’re good at, which Hachigo hopes will result in more appealing products and fewer “watered-down” designs.Surely, anyone who remembers the Accords and Civics of the mid-2000s won’t know what he’s talking about. Toyota brings out the funkA Scion concept no … [Read more...] about TTAC News Round-up: Honda Separates the Kids, Toyota Funks It Up, and the Costs Are Too Damn High at FCA

A few short weeks ago, I was inside a very purple 2016 RAV4 marveling that Toyota’s compact crossover nearly outsells the Mazda brand. My bottom line for that RAV4 read like this:Why are the RAV4’s sales so high when there are more fun options out there? The reasons can be found in its strong value proposition, a soft ride about which journalists often complain, included scheduled maintenance and Toyota’s reputation for reliability.The 2016 RAV4 isn’t going to light many souls on fire, but it gives the average CUV shopper more of what they obviously want.Except fuel economy or performance.That’s where the first full-hybrid compact crossover since Ford abandoned the Escape Hybrid five years ago comes in.What about the Subaru XV Crosstrek hybrid, you ask? It’s more of a mild hybrid in truth, delivering meager fuel economy gains and a low-speed EV mode that rarely engages. It’s also a lifted subcompact wagon/hatch, not a compact … [Read more...] about 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Review – The Crossover Unicorn